Measurement of Prosocial Reasoning among Chinese Adolescents

Table 4

Comparison of prosocial reasoning between males and females, with age as covariate.

	Male^a		Female^a
Variables	(𝑛=182)		(𝑛=379)		F
	M	SE	M	SE
Hedonistic	.176	.002	.168	.001	13.06***
Needs oriented	.206	.002	.212	.001	7.54**
Approval oriented	.183	.002	.184	.001	.49
Stereotypic	.219	.002	.220	.001	.00
Internalized	.216	.001	.216	.001	.08
PROM overall weighted	1.86	.004	1.86	.003	2.33

* 𝑃<.05, **𝑃<.01, ***𝑃<.001.
^aEstimated marginal means and standard errors were presented, adjusted for age effects.